Top Inventors in Murphy, NC | Patent Leaderboard

Murphy, NC ranks #13,858 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 120 patents from 35 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Murphy, NC include Lsi, Igt Global Soulutions, Wrangler Apparel. That works out to 74.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–35 of 35 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Jeff S. Brown	Lsi	24
2	James L. Davis	—	16
3	Brian Ingram	Igt Global Soulutions	14
#4	John D. Lindquist	Wrangler Apparel	9
#5	William T. Wright	Bristol Compressors	7
#6	Kenneth Overman	Corning Incorporated	5
#7	Roger W. Zimmerman	Blue Bell	3
#7	Alan G. Sawyer	Unknown	3
#7	David Cheek	Plasma Energy	3
#7	William Berry Dance	Snap-On Incorporated	3
#11	Nathan H. Purcell	Snap-On Incorporated	2
#11	Charles Thomas McLees, Jr.	—	2
#11	Walter Davis	—	2
#11	Joseph Frederick Staehly	Microtechnologies	2
#11	Johnathan Tyler Bennett	Snap-On Incorporated	2
#11	Tony York	Engineered Controls International	2
#11	Allen LINEBERRY	—	2
#11	Ryan K. Kephart	Bombardier Motor Corporation Of America	2
#19	Susan Park Esche	Burlington Industries	1
#19	Phillip W. Neal	Gilbarco	1
#19	Harold C. Flinchum	—	1
#19	John Sandidge	—	1
#19	Ralph A. Humble	—	1
#19	Richard A. Witt	—	1
#19	Mark E. True	—	1
#19	Mazie I. Andrews	—	1
#19	Colon K. Ware	—	1
#19	Donna L. Williams	—	1
#19	Ralph Lovins	—	1
#19	Kurt J. Lerner	—	1
#19	Christopher J. Twiggs	—	1
#19	R. Dewain Kephart	—	1
#19	David K. Graham	—	1
#19	Randy W. Kimrey	—	1
#19	James D. Gregson, III	—	1

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